How To Fix GA835 - Cost Center Accounting and Activity-Based Costing not active in &

GA835 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GA - Allocations

• Message number: 835

• Message text: Cost Center Accounting and Activity-Based Costing not active in &

What causes this issue?

In controlling area &V2& and fiscal year &V1& the cost centers are not
active, nor is Activity-Based Costing active as the operative
accounting system.

System Response

The system therefore rejects the maintenance of cycles for assessment
to CO-PA

How to fix this error?

To carry out a cost center assessment, you must activate the cost
centers for each controlling area and fiscal year. To carry out a
process cost allocation you must activate Activity-Based Costing as the
operative accounting system (Active indicator 2)
Check these settings for the control indicator of the controlling area.
<DS:SIMG.SIMG_CFMENUORK3OKKP>Maintain controlling area</> -> Activate
components / control indicator -> Detail.
Check the validity interval of the corresponding cycle.
<DS:SIMG.SIMG_CFMENUORKEKEU1>Cycle - cost center assessment (actual)</>
<DS:SIMG.SIMG_CFMENUORKEKEU7>Cycle - cost center assessment (plan)</>
<DS:SIMG.SIMG_CFMENUORKE5055>Cycle - process cost assessment (act.)</>
<DS:SIMG.SIMG_CFMENUORKE3055>Cycle - process cost assessment (plan)</>

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

GA835 - Details

• The SAP error message GA835 indicates that Cost Center Accounting (CCA) and Activity-Based Costing (ABC) are not active in the specified controlling area. This error typically arises when you attempt to perform operations related to cost centers or activity types in a controlling area where these functionalities have not been activated.
  
  Cause:
  
  Inactive CCA/ABC: The controlling area in question has not been configured to use Cost Center Accounting or Activity-Based Costing.
  
  Configuration Issues: The necessary settings in the controlling area configuration may not have been completed.
  System Settings: The system may not have been set up to support these functionalities for the specific controlling area.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the GA835 error, you need to activate Cost Center Accounting and/or Activity-Based Costing for the controlling area. Here are the steps to do this:
  
  
  Access the Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP Easy Access screen.
  Navigate to SPRO (SAP Project Reference Object) > SAP Reference IMG.
  
  
  
  Activate Cost Center Accounting:
  
  Follow the path: Controlling